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Star Trek: New Visions (Single Issues) #6-8
Star Trek: New Visions Volume 3
John Byrne presents all-new, feature-length tales set in the Star Trek: The Original Series universe, done in a unique, one-of-a-kind photomontage style. Collects the stories "Resistance," featuring The Borg; "1971" where Captain Kirk is sent 200 years into the past to meet Gary Seven; and in "The Survival Equation" killer androids start showing up by the dozen!
136 pages, Paperback
First published February 25, 2016
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John Lindley Byrne is a British-born Canadian-American author and artist of comic books. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on nearly every major American superhero.
Byrne's better-known work has been on Marvel Comics' X-Men and Fantastic Four and the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics’ Superman franchise. Coming into the comics profession exclusively as a penciler, Byrne began co-plotting the X-Men comics during his tenure on them, and launched his writing career in earnest with Fantastic Four (where he also started inking his own pencils). During the 1990s he produced a number of creator-owned works, including Next Men and Danger Unlimited. He also wrote the first issues of Mike Mignola's Hellboy series and produced a number of Star Trek comics for IDW Publishing.
There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name
John Lindley Byrne is a British-born Canadian-American author and artist of comic books. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on nearly every major American superhero.
Byrne's better-known work has been on Marvel Comics' X-Men and Fantastic Four and the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics’ Superman franchise. Coming into the comics profession exclusively as a penciler, Byrne began co-plotting the X-Men comics during his tenure on them, and launched his writing career in earnest with Fantastic Four (where he also started inking his own pencils). During the 1990s he produced a number of creator-owned works, including Next Men and Danger Unlimited. He also wrote the first issues of Mike Mignola's Hellboy series and produced a number of Star Trek comics for IDW Publishing.
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September 30, 2020
Kirk Must Rewrite History to Save the Human Race
In this collection, an alien race abuses time travel to obliterate the Federation so Kirk must work with Gary Seven to frustrate their efforts. Then Harry Mudd causes his unique brand of trouble by masquerading as Captain Kirk and dabbling in android sales.
Photomontage takes some skill and Byrne tackles it well, but the stories are the true gift here. Recommended for all 'Star Trek' fans.
In this collection, an alien race abuses time travel to obliterate the Federation so Kirk must work with Gary Seven to frustrate their efforts. Then Harry Mudd causes his unique brand of trouble by masquerading as Captain Kirk and dabbling in android sales.
Photomontage takes some skill and Byrne tackles it well, but the stories are the true gift here. Recommended for all 'Star Trek' fans.
June 21, 2018
Another trio of Star Trek stories done in the tradition of the PhotoNovel series from my younger reading days.
As with all Trek tie-in stories, it can be hit or miss. The good news for this trio of stories is that the hit ratio is a bit better than in the previous installment.
Opening with a story in the Enterprise is pursuing a precursor to a certain modern era Trek entity that we'll meet in "Q Who," the collection gets off to an uneven start. Even trying to put aside my inner nitpicker and just enjoy a story in which Kirk gets to tangle with the proto-Borg, I couldn't get over the fact that John Bryne was trying too hard to draw a connection between the Doomsday Machine and the Borg. Part of this is that Peter David did this almost two decades earlier with his novel, "Vendetta" and that (if my memory serves me right) he did it better. Again, this could be my nostalgia looking back on a book that I consumed in mere days when I was a teenager and have had a strong affection for since.
The next installment is full of time travel wackiness and features Kirk joining forces with Gary Seven to stop a group of aliens from wiping out the Federation as we know it. I was never a huge fan of Gary Seven, so I wasn't overly excited to see him return. But the larger threat of wiping out civilization as we know it and only Kirk can stop it makes for a bit of fun with the story. And since the Guardian of Forever is used, I imagine somewhere right now Harlan Ellison is screaming in frustration and reminding anyone who will listen that Gene Roddenberry ruined his "perfect" episode by re-writing it....
The final installment is not only a follow-up to a classic Trek installment but also to an earlier entry in the New Visions series. Harry Mudd (surgically altered to look like Kirk) stumbles across Exo III and goes into the android business. Mudd begins selling copies of the Andrea robot across the universe and Kirk and company are forced to shut this down because Mudd, as usual, hasn't thought through all the implications of this plan.
As a fan of "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" and Sherry Jackson's performance as Andrea, I can see where the temptation to have pages filled with multiple images of Andrea comes from. And bringing back Mudd as a thorn in Kirk's side works well enough. But there are a few interesting ideas that Byrne leaves on the playing field and that don't get explored well enough for my liking, including the idea of having an army of Ruks to do with as he pleases. There's also the implications that android Andreas were based on an undocumented member of the original Exo III party and there may have been more to the original android Andrea's romantic interest in Roger Korby than the original episode gave us.
Once again, I find myself marveling at the technical merit that went into creating these stories and the patience that Bryne shows in going through hours of original Trek to create these new images for his stories. I also find myself wishing that he'd put a bit more into the stories to go along with those new images and not just indulging himself to either give us page after page of Andrea or to somehow have Kirk meet the Borg without necessarily saying their name or calling them out within the pages of the story.
As with all Trek tie-in stories, it can be hit or miss. The good news for this trio of stories is that the hit ratio is a bit better than in the previous installment.
Opening with a story in the Enterprise is pursuing a precursor to a certain modern era Trek entity that we'll meet in "Q Who," the collection gets off to an uneven start. Even trying to put aside my inner nitpicker and just enjoy a story in which Kirk gets to tangle with the proto-Borg, I couldn't get over the fact that John Bryne was trying too hard to draw a connection between the Doomsday Machine and the Borg. Part of this is that Peter David did this almost two decades earlier with his novel, "Vendetta" and that (if my memory serves me right) he did it better. Again, this could be my nostalgia looking back on a book that I consumed in mere days when I was a teenager and have had a strong affection for since.
The next installment is full of time travel wackiness and features Kirk joining forces with Gary Seven to stop a group of aliens from wiping out the Federation as we know it. I was never a huge fan of Gary Seven, so I wasn't overly excited to see him return. But the larger threat of wiping out civilization as we know it and only Kirk can stop it makes for a bit of fun with the story. And since the Guardian of Forever is used, I imagine somewhere right now Harlan Ellison is screaming in frustration and reminding anyone who will listen that Gene Roddenberry ruined his "perfect" episode by re-writing it....
The final installment is not only a follow-up to a classic Trek installment but also to an earlier entry in the New Visions series. Harry Mudd (surgically altered to look like Kirk) stumbles across Exo III and goes into the android business. Mudd begins selling copies of the Andrea robot across the universe and Kirk and company are forced to shut this down because Mudd, as usual, hasn't thought through all the implications of this plan.
As a fan of "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" and Sherry Jackson's performance as Andrea, I can see where the temptation to have pages filled with multiple images of Andrea comes from. And bringing back Mudd as a thorn in Kirk's side works well enough. But there are a few interesting ideas that Byrne leaves on the playing field and that don't get explored well enough for my liking, including the idea of having an army of Ruks to do with as he pleases. There's also the implications that android Andreas were based on an undocumented member of the original Exo III party and there may have been more to the original android Andrea's romantic interest in Roger Korby than the original episode gave us.
Once again, I find myself marveling at the technical merit that went into creating these stories and the patience that Bryne shows in going through hours of original Trek to create these new images for his stories. I also find myself wishing that he'd put a bit more into the stories to go along with those new images and not just indulging himself to either give us page after page of Andrea or to somehow have Kirk meet the Borg without necessarily saying their name or calling them out within the pages of the story.
February 21, 2016
Though the pictures don't always mesh up, John Byrne creates wonderful "Star Trek" stories that the true fan will relish being able to read.
January 5, 2022
This review originally published in Looking For a Good Book. Rated 3.5 of 5
It is the third volume in the Star Trek: New Visions graphic novel series, this one featuring comic book issues #'s 6, 7, and 8. Author and photoplay artist/manipulator John Byrne has begun to refine the process and found ways to add new characters to the stories, broadening the scope of the stories.
The first story, "Resistance," is the weakest of the three here. It's an 'internal' story, meaning all the action takes place aboard the Enterprise with no special guests. In the story, Kirk and crew face off against a powerful, Doomsday Machine-like entity with the very strong suggestion that it is the Borg. Mostly I was a bit bored by the story and I executed an eye-roll at the end. I don't mind when a franchise like Star Trek draws on past precedent to include storylines or characters that have gone before. It's actually quite fun. But I do have a problem when trying to presage a storyline or characters.
We know that Picard and crew were among the first to encounter the Borg, so why do we need to have other Star Trek series'/characters have any sort of interaction with this galactic menace? Even if the encounter is only tenuous, as it is here, if this is the Borg that Kirk's Enterprise has encountered, why wouldn't the Borg pursue this race sooner than 100 years later?
"1971" is a much more interesting tale. This one combines Star Trek and the Star Trek starter series, Assignment: Earth with a little 'Guardian of Forever' thrown in. The Star Trek episode, "Assignment: Earth" was never one of my favorites, but Byrne writes a really fine time travel story here that had me interested all the way through. This was a delightful adventure and I could see this is as stand-alone episode from the original series (which is precisely what I'm looking for when I read a graphic novel like this).
"The Survival Equation" also calls upon some familiar themes and characters from the original series, this time primarily from the episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of." When Kirk encounters an android replica of Andrea he discovers that she's just one of many different Andrea replicas. Kirk learns that she's just one of a large series of serving androids being delivered across the galaxy by an unknown merchant. In the course of tracking them down, the Enterprise crew uncover an android uprising plot that even brings the giant, Ruk, back.
We do discover the 'unknown' merchant - which won't be a surprise to anyone who knows the series - and while this is a character I like, I do tend to think is a bit over-used. It makes sense, though, and I enjoyed the story.
Overall, we see that Byrne is improving on his process. His writing and plotting is strong, and given that he's somewhat limited by characters in the pre-existing series, he's done quite well in giving us interesting stories.
Looking for a good book? Star Trek: New Visions, Volume 3 is a unique graphic novel with stories that read as though they were pulled right from the television series.
I borrowed this book through the Kindle Unlimited program.
It is the third volume in the Star Trek: New Visions graphic novel series, this one featuring comic book issues #'s 6, 7, and 8. Author and photoplay artist/manipulator John Byrne has begun to refine the process and found ways to add new characters to the stories, broadening the scope of the stories.
The first story, "Resistance," is the weakest of the three here. It's an 'internal' story, meaning all the action takes place aboard the Enterprise with no special guests. In the story, Kirk and crew face off against a powerful, Doomsday Machine-like entity with the very strong suggestion that it is the Borg. Mostly I was a bit bored by the story and I executed an eye-roll at the end. I don't mind when a franchise like Star Trek draws on past precedent to include storylines or characters that have gone before. It's actually quite fun. But I do have a problem when trying to presage a storyline or characters.
We know that Picard and crew were among the first to encounter the Borg, so why do we need to have other Star Trek series'/characters have any sort of interaction with this galactic menace? Even if the encounter is only tenuous, as it is here, if this is the Borg that Kirk's Enterprise has encountered, why wouldn't the Borg pursue this race sooner than 100 years later?
"1971" is a much more interesting tale. This one combines Star Trek and the Star Trek starter series, Assignment: Earth with a little 'Guardian of Forever' thrown in. The Star Trek episode, "Assignment: Earth" was never one of my favorites, but Byrne writes a really fine time travel story here that had me interested all the way through. This was a delightful adventure and I could see this is as stand-alone episode from the original series (which is precisely what I'm looking for when I read a graphic novel like this).
"The Survival Equation" also calls upon some familiar themes and characters from the original series, this time primarily from the episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of." When Kirk encounters an android replica of Andrea he discovers that she's just one of many different Andrea replicas. Kirk learns that she's just one of a large series of serving androids being delivered across the galaxy by an unknown merchant. In the course of tracking them down, the Enterprise crew uncover an android uprising plot that even brings the giant, Ruk, back.
We do discover the 'unknown' merchant - which won't be a surprise to anyone who knows the series - and while this is a character I like, I do tend to think is a bit over-used. It makes sense, though, and I enjoyed the story.
Overall, we see that Byrne is improving on his process. His writing and plotting is strong, and given that he's somewhat limited by characters in the pre-existing series, he's done quite well in giving us interesting stories.
Looking for a good book? Star Trek: New Visions, Volume 3 is a unique graphic novel with stories that read as though they were pulled right from the television series.
I borrowed this book through the Kindle Unlimited program.
August 18, 2019
This one starts with a planet that lost contact with the Federation. The Enterprise goes to find out what happened and learns that more planets have been destroyed. It attacks the Enterprise. It's determined that the alien ship came from the delta quadrant and it's not long before we find out the identity of a traditional Star Trek enemy.
The next story has Kirk meeting up with Gary 7 to fix history. Aliens have somehow found a plan to start World War III on the Earth and it's up to Kirk and Gary 7 to stop them.
The third story is about the Enterprise crew having shore leave on a pleasure planet but it's not long before Kirk finds out that there androids there, one of which he knows, and before long we have another story involving a person who is, to me, one of the most disgusting slimeballs ever on the series.
The next story has Kirk meeting up with Gary 7 to fix history. Aliens have somehow found a plan to start World War III on the Earth and it's up to Kirk and Gary 7 to stop them.
The third story is about the Enterprise crew having shore leave on a pleasure planet but it's not long before Kirk finds out that there androids there, one of which he knows, and before long we have another story involving a person who is, to me, one of the most disgusting slimeballs ever on the series.
December 15, 2020
This one couldn't reach me. Emotionally none of those three stories made an impact on me. Logically they rather confused me, at least the last two. There were to many things left, unexplained. And that Kirk declared making a servant/sex bot out of your dead student is part of the male instinct. That part of the comic was actually disgusting and insulting.
Not sure I wanna continue this series. The former two issues were interesting, even though they are hard to read as ebooks. But by now the stories get weaker and we have the same problem that most IDW Trek comics have - they scream made by men for men. They're lacking female perspectives, stories that aren't just stupid action but have some depth or character development, and they often have misogynistic undertones. Not cool.
Not sure I wanna continue this series. The former two issues were interesting, even though they are hard to read as ebooks. But by now the stories get weaker and we have the same problem that most IDW Trek comics have - they scream made by men for men. They're lacking female perspectives, stories that aren't just stupid action but have some depth or character development, and they often have misogynistic undertones. Not cool.
January 13, 2023
The third volume of Star Trek New Visions was enjoyable. As I've mentioned with other volumes the the composite work is cheap at best. The stories work best when they are playful with the content, when they work with pre-existing storylines.
The firs story if probably the best of these, playing with an early encounter with the Borg while making it all plausibly in-keeping with canon. The one works much like "Enterprise" did with the Romulan encounter.
Anyhow, these are fun enough quick reads.
The firs story if probably the best of these, playing with an early encounter with the Borg while making it all plausibly in-keeping with canon. The one works much like "Enterprise" did with the Romulan encounter.
Anyhow, these are fun enough quick reads.
April 11, 2020
Easily the best of these so far. All three stories are well told and executed, and for the first time, Byrne references his own continuity—and in the process makes up for one of the poorer tales from a previous volume.
The “guest star” as a particularly hilarious and ingenious bit of “casting”, as well. All in all, a pretty perfect example of this particular comics experiment.
The “guest star” as a particularly hilarious and ingenious bit of “casting”, as well. All in all, a pretty perfect example of this particular comics experiment.
October 8, 2023
John Byrne does an admirable job with the photo comics. It’s a technical achievement. He is a good writer and makes the stories feel like Star Trek episodes, however he’s such a great artist in his own right that I almost wish they were just traditional comics.
September 17, 2018
Just like the previous volumes: excellent.
Como los dos tomos anteriores: excelente.
Como los dos tomos anteriores: excelente.
September 15, 2019
I could hear their voices throughout the comic. But I dont know why... reading comics created with photos..it is a lil unnerving to me...
1 star just cos it's star trek lol
1 star just cos it's star trek lol
November 22, 2019
The Borg story is fun, but the rest is merely okay.
September 26, 2021
Fun stories
The new visions series are always fun stories to read. I
Like the way they tie into older stories. Worth the read for TOS fans
The new visions series are always fun stories to read. I
Like the way they tie into older stories. Worth the read for TOS fans
June 29, 2022
Nice reuse of Gary 7, the failed plot continues to be the gift that keeps on giving
February 28, 2023
The whole book has screen shots of the film and tv shows series it’s the worst looking graphic novel I have ever seen
October 5, 2015
It almost feels like you're reading a fotonovel from a long lost episode from the original Star Trek series. The theory behind these stories seems deceptively easy: take photos from old episodes of the original series, reformat and re-appropriate them, put in dialogue and you have a new "episode." It might seem straightforward, but the execution I would imagine is far more complicated than one might imagine. Byrne has nine of these such adventures and each has a charm that defies nostalgia. One or two didn't quite work for me, as the plot ended up revolving around the necessity to reuse images from the old series. That is the point, but it also limits the potential story pool from which to develop the narrative. This one could have fallen into that same trap, but Byrne seems to recognize that weakness and is now building on his own earlier offerings, developing these New Visions into a unique series of their own, with a developing and evolving chronology of their own.
This volume starts off with I think is probably the weakest of the stories yet. Star Trek: New Visions #6: Resistance may be a bit of a disappointment, and the weakest effort yet from Byrne with these new photo-comics, but it's still enjoyable. While Byrne walks a fine line by introducing the Borg to the original series era, he skirts around the issue better than the Borg episode from the Star Trek Enterprise series did.
In contrast, Star Trek: New Visions #7: 1971/4860.2 is one of the best of the series. This one cleverly combines elements from several episodes to create a very original and interesting twist. Byrne at the top of his form with this format.
Star Trek: New Visions #8: The Survival Equation rounds out this volume and is another fun chapter in Byrne's Way-Back machines.
This volume starts off with I think is probably the weakest of the stories yet. Star Trek: New Visions #6: Resistance may be a bit of a disappointment, and the weakest effort yet from Byrne with these new photo-comics, but it's still enjoyable. While Byrne walks a fine line by introducing the Borg to the original series era, he skirts around the issue better than the Borg episode from the Star Trek Enterprise series did.
In contrast, Star Trek: New Visions #7: 1971/4860.2 is one of the best of the series. This one cleverly combines elements from several episodes to create a very original and interesting twist. Byrne at the top of his form with this format.
Star Trek: New Visions #8: The Survival Equation rounds out this volume and is another fun chapter in Byrne's Way-Back machines.
October 15, 2024
I think, like stockhouse syndrome, I’m getting used to these books now.
Yes the images are sometimes not as good as they could be and yes I still find the hand drawn art really jarring when compared to the the photographs and stills. Yes, on occasion, this can take you out of the book. But, the writer often gets the atmosphere of the original Star Trek series and a lot of the images you see do feel iconic. It's good to be in that company again and I enjoyed the tales they told. This does not blow my mind and it's not the greatest thing I've ever read but I'm having fun and so I will keep going.
Yes the images are sometimes not as good as they could be and yes I still find the hand drawn art really jarring when compared to the the photographs and stills. Yes, on occasion, this can take you out of the book. But, the writer often gets the atmosphere of the original Star Trek series and a lot of the images you see do feel iconic. It's good to be in that company again and I enjoyed the tales they told. This does not blow my mind and it's not the greatest thing I've ever read but I'm having fun and so I will keep going.
October 23, 2016
Sequels to episodes can be interesting, but this volume feels a bit gimmicky. Especially since it involves the TOS crew encountering the Borg. Thankfully, they only see their ship and not the Borg themselves.
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